Pressure Builds On Rea After Brno Disappointment
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Gino Rea suffered another frustrating afternoon after finishing the Czech Republic Grand Prix down in 24th place
Bradley Smith is confident of ending the Moto2 season on a high after an excellent ride to eighth at Brno on Sunday
2012 Moto2 Riders’ Championship standings (After Round 11: Czech Republic)
Marc Marquez has a 48 point championship lead with just six races to go after another impressive victory at Brno, although today’s win was much harder fought than his runaway success in Indianapolis last weekend, coming down to the final lap
Pol Espargaro took his third Moto2 pole position in succession after comfortably seeing off Thomas Luthi and Scott Redding at Brno
Pol Espargaro topped the Friday Practice timesheets for the sixth race running after a superb morning performance at Brno
2012 Moto2 Riders’ Championship Standings (After Round 10: Indianapolis)
Marc Marquez took another step closer to the Moto2 World Championship after thrashing the opposition at Indianapolis, winning by over five seconds
Pol Espargaro continued to have the edge on Marc Marquez at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by beating the championship leader to pole position
Pol Espargaro produced the fastest ever lap of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on a Moto2 machine to outpace Marc Marquez on Friday afternoon
Gino Rea failed once again to add to his solitary point in Moto2 this season after coming home nineteenth at Mugello
Bradley Smith will head into the summer break in positive mood after finishing a season-high of fourth at Mugello on Sunday
Despite finishing down in fifth at Mugello, Marc Marquez remains the comfortable leader of the Moto2 world championship
Andrea Iannone chased down Pol Espargaro before overtaking him on the very last lap to claim victory at his home Grand Prix at Mugello
Bradley Smith apologised to his Tech 3 team after crashing his updated Mistral 610 in the closing stages of qualifying at Mugello
Pol Espargaro showed tremendous grit and determination to claim pole position for the Italian Grand Prix despite suffering an ankle injury in final practice
Gino Rea made a far-from-ideal start to the Italian Grand Prix weekend as he could only manage 28th in Friday Practice at Mugello
